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Articles by My Jewish Learning

You’re Never Alone: a Piyut for Yom Kippur

A piyyut is a Jewish liturgical poem, designated to be sung, chanted, or recited during religious services. Piyyut first appeared ...

How an Arab Doctor Saved a Jewish Girl in Hitler’s Berlin

Journalist Ronen Steinke shares the remarkable story of Mohammed Helmy, the Egyptian doctor who risked his life to save Jewish Berliners from ...

The Last Gottlieb with Sophia Berry

“Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur”- a masterpiece by the Polish-Jewish painter Maurycy Gottlieb, who died at the ...

Preparing Our Hearts for Yom Kippur

This virtual retreat, taking place during the aseret yamei teshuva, the days in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, will ...

Modern Jewish Sounds Concert: Dida Pelled

Brooklyn-based, Native Tel-Avivian, Dida Pelled, is widely regarded as the greatest jazz guitarist this side of the Mississippi. Pelled’s ambitions ...

Erev Yom Kippur Learning with Hadar

In ancient times, Erev Yom Kippur was a mini-holiday in its own right, known as Ma’al – derived from the ...

Learning During The Ten Days of Repentance

Join Matan for this lecture about the Ten Days of Repentance.

The Jews of London: One Thousand Years of History

Join Qesher for a journey through the streets and alleys of London to discover the history of the Jews in ...

Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During World War II

During the Second World War, some tens of thousands of Jewish children were saved from almost certain death by non-Jewish ...

My Prayer/Tefillati: Finding the Prayers of Our Heart

Starting the New Year so much communal reflection over Rosh Hashanah. Take a moment together before Yom Kippur to reflect ...